The Sexes: An Instant Cure

When the board of trustees of the American Psychiatric Association makes
a ruling, it is usually accepted as canon by the association's members.
But when the board voted last December to cease classifying
homosexuality as a "mental disorder," there was dissension in the
psychiatric ranks. Opponents of the ruling circulated petitions, issued
angry statements and forced the A.P.A. into unprecedented action: this
month, for the first time in the A.P.A.'s 129-year history, a board
decision is being put to a vote of the association's entire 21,000
members.